# geerlingguy/ansible-for-devops

Ansible for DevOps examples.

Repository: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-for-devops
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ansible-for-devops
Homepage: https://www.ansiblefordevops.com
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ansible, devops, vagrant, examples, jeff-geerling, book, leanpub, amazon, kindle, docker, playbook, kubernetes, aws
Last push: 2025-05-25T06:03:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 43/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 23, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4514, "days_push": 465, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9873, forks 3790 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.573783+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of Ansible playbook examples accompanying Jeff Geerling's book 'Ansible for DevOps'. It demonstrates configuration management, provisioning, and orchestration concepts with Vagrant, Docker, and cloud environments.

## Use cases
- learn ansible from scratch
- find example ansible playbooks for server provisioning
- understand ansible roles and collections
- practice configuration management with vagrant vms
- learn docker orchestration with ansible
- study dynamic inventory scripts

## When to choose
- you are learning Ansible and want worked examples tied to a book
- you want reference playbooks for LAMP, Node.js, Solr, and Drupal setups
- you want up-to-date examples maintained alongside a frequently updated book

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready playbooks following all best practices
- you want a tool or library rather than educational example code
- you use configuration management tools other than Ansible

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: configuration-management, developer-tools, deployment
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, tutorials
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: ansible, playbooks, vagrant, book-examples, jeff-geerling, provisioning, devops, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- geerlingguy/ansible-for-devops (main) score 43

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.573783+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:20:22.065324+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-for-devops (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.573783+00:00, sha b84beaa9ef4c)
  - homepage: https://www.ansiblefordevops.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:11.466573+00:00, sha 23e80b77aaf0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.